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Zeal for track star
His face is everywhere in China. Liu Xiang is the track star that stunned the nation by dropping out of an Olympic race on Monday. Now many are eagerly waiting his return: SOUNDBITE: Sports Fan Benny Xie saying (Cantonese): "When we saw Liu Xiang pulling out of the Games we were all disappointed, but we need to calm down and think about it rationally. He is still young, and if he rests well he ...
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Jamaican sets 200m record
Jamaica's Usain Bolt blazed to a second world record at the Beijing Games Wednesday, becoming the first man since Carl Lewis to capture an Olympic sprint double Wednesday. The man nicknamed "Lightning Bolt" followed his world record 100-meter crown with a stunning 200m performance in his preferred event, breaking Michael Johnson's 12-year-old mark with a time of 19.30 seconds. Bolt, whose father...
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BAA to sell airports
Britain's biggest airport operator has been told it must sell two airports in England and one in Scotland.
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Rice comments on Russia
Nato says there can not be "business as usual" with Russia while it continues to station troops in Georgia.
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Babies stolen for adoption
New evidence has shown that babies are being stolen to order in the Latin American country of Guatemala.
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Poland-US anti-missile deal
Russia won't be impressed but Poland has formally agreed to host parts of America's global anti-missile shield. The country has signed an agreement with the U.S. following a deal made last week during the Georgia crisis. (SOUNDBITE) (English) US SECRETARY OF STATE CONDOLEEZZA RICE, SAYING: "This is an agreement that of course will establish a missile defence site here in Poland. A missile defen...
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Algeria bomb kills 42
A government-run training camp for paramilitary 'gendarmes' was the target for a suicide bomber in Algeria. The attacker drove a car into a group of prospective recruits, lining up oustide the camp for qualifying exams. Algeria's interior ministry said that one gendarme and 42 civilians were killed in the blast. The explosion was just metres from the main gate, and blew a huge crater in the gro...
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139 yr old man dies
Jaipur, August 20 (ANI): Habib Mian, perhaps the longest surviving man in the country, passed away in Jaipur on Tuesday at the age of 139. He was suffering from fever and dysentery. Habib was born on 20th May in the year 1878, and had the privilege of witnessing six generations of his family. Habib, whose original name was Rahim Khan, had joined the band of the erstwhile Jaipur Royal family as a c...
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Spanish plane crash
At least 45 people are dead after a Spanair plane crashed on the runway at Madrid airport. The incident occurred as the plane was taking off to Las Palmas in the Canary Islands, the airports authority said. Scores of people have been injured in the accident. Smoke was billowing from the plane at Madrid's Terminal Four. El Mundo newspaper said the aircraft was carrying 160 passengers.
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'Unsafe' propane plant
A former employee of the propane plant that exploded in northwest Toronto more than a week ago says he witnessed a host of unsafe practices at the facility.
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Russian forces start pullback
As the Kremlin said its forces would pull back from Georgia's heartland by Friday (August 22) to positions set out under a French-brokered peace plan, analysts and Georgians alike are looking to the future and speculating over the future shape of their country's leadership. Amid mounting Western criticism about the slowness of the Russian troop withdrawal, many in Georgia say Russia's actions...
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Paedophile remains in Thailand
He's been told he can't stay but paedophile rock star Gary Glitter was clearly in no hurry to leave Thailand. He has a ticket for London but was refusing to leave Bangkok, where his flight stopped on route from Vietnam. After missing two flights a senior airport policeman said Thai patience was running out. (SOUNDBITE) (Thai) POLICE MAJOR GENERAL PONGDEJ CHAIPRAWAJ, COMMANDER OF INTERNATIONAL A...
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Canada's offshore oil field
The province of Newfoundland and Labrador will finalize a deal to develop the Hebron offshore oilfield at noon today in St. John's. The deal comes one year after Premier Danny Williams signed a memorandum of understanding with the consortium of oil companies, led by Chevron Canada, that will develop the $6-billion dollar project. The Newfoundland and Labrador government has sai...
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French President visits Afghanistan
French President Nicolas Sarkozy reaffirmed his country's commitment to the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan in a visit with French troops on Wednesday, a day after 10 of their comrades were killed in fierce fighting with Taliban fighters. Twenty-one other French soldiers were injured in the ambush about 60 kilometres east of the capital, Kabul, in one of the deadliest attacks against Fre...
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Obama VP decision soon
With less than a week before the start of the Democratic National Convention, Barack Obama is nearing a decision on his choice for vice president. But in the wake of the military conflict between Russia and Georgia, and the ongoing war in Iraq, the focus has shifted to potential candidates with extensive foreign policy credentials..something that Obama, a first-term Senator, lacks....and somethin...
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Christina Applegate's cancer battle
Christina Applegate is opening up about her battle with breast cancer. The 36-year-old actress says she recently made the tough choice to have a double mastectomy after being diagnosed with cancer back in July. Applegate now says she's 100 percent cancer free and been given a clean bill of health. Good news also for Patrick Swayze. The "Dirty Dancing" star is celebrating a happy and healthy 56th ...
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Ex-pop star leaves prison
Disgraced ex-pop star Gary Glitter has been released from a prison in Vietnam, the authorities there have confirmed.
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UN approves Somalia force
The U.N. Security Council approved a resolution permitting the African Union force to serve in Somalia for another six months. SOUNDBITE: (Translated English) JAN GRAULS, BELGIAN ENVOY TO THE UN, SAYING: "The result of the voting is as follows. The draft resolution received 15 votes in favor. The draft resolution has been adopted unanimously as Resolution 1831." This approval comes just one day...
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Shiites protest in Pakistan
Karachi, August 20 (ANI): Over a hundred Shiites staged a protest in Pakistan against a suspected suicide bombing that killed 23 people in the compound of a hospital on Tuesday. The bomb went off outside a hospital in Dera Ismail Khan as Shiite Muslims were protesting against the killing of a leader. Police said the attack was the result of sectarian rivalry between the minority Shiites and the ma...
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Ambassador discusses Musharraf
Washington D.C., August 20 (ANI): A day after President Pervez Musharraf resigned, Pakistan Ambassador to the U.S.A held a conference at New America Foundation to discuss the current situation in Pakistan. According to Ambassador Haqqani, Musharaff's resignation removed a hurdle in politics. The ambassador said that his resignation is an opportunity for Pakistan to build a democratic political sys...
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